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NEW YORK — The Trump administration is pushing for a legal agreement that would task a federal judge with supervising Columbia University, which is fighting to restore federal funding, according to a published report.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office has asked colleges and universities across Florida to hand over detailed information on grants received by faculty and research over the last six years.

Colleges this week began...Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Senate is set to approve a stripped-back education measure with a $250 million school funding increase, resulting in an immediate veto threat from Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

A Senate panel on ...Read more

A plane carrying several members of Congress was “bumped” by another plane on the runway of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday afternoon.

The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the ...Read more

Matthew McConaughey felt as if a "safety net had gone" when his father died.

The 55-year-old actor lost his dad James when he suffered a fatal heart attack in 1992 at the age of 63, and reflected in a chat with 'Maze ...Read more

NEW YORK — A suspected MS-13 gang member was extradited to New York and finally arraigned on Wednesday in the vicious assault and kidnapping of a 15-year-old boy on Long Island last year.

Cops had been looking for Josue...Read more

Rather than present specific evidence of wrongdoing against Palestinian Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, the Trump administration on Thursday filed a brief memo outlining its power to deport noncitizens...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Alice Tan Ridley, a singer who shared her powerful vocals on the New York City subway before performing on "America's Got Talent" and the mother of Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe, has died.

Ridley died ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House cleared a hurdle Thursday in adopting a budget resolution needed for filibuster-proof legislation on President Donald Trump’s policy priorities. But now, another obstacle stands in the way: how ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump’s trade agenda during a visit to the Port of Philadelphia, saying the White House has created “serious economic uncertainty” that is ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — China plans to reduce the number of Hollywood films playing in the populous country amid escalating trade tensions, reducing access to what was once a vital market for U.S. blockbusters.

President Donald ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers passed at least 50 bills on the final day of this year’s legislative session, according to state data that is still being updated postsession.

Bills that fail to make it through by the last...Read more

LAS VEGAS — In leaked audio from a Republican dinner in Carson City, Gov. Joe Lombardo criticized anti-Trump protesters and lambasted those who speak against him on social media.

The Republican governor said his message...Read more

NEW YORK — Jennifer Lopez will return to host the American Music Awards, a decade after first doing the honors.

The 55-year-old Bronx native is also scheduled to perform at the fan-voted awards show, airing live from ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that while thousands of residents in the country illegally have chosen to self-deport during the last month, millions more should leave the country to ...Read more

An investors’ group headed by George Norcross, a South Jersey political leader, developer, and Cooper University Health Care chairman, has bought more shares in Mid Penn Bancorp, a sign of confidence in the regional ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa earlier this year. The cases have heightened concerns among public ...Read more

Singer Toni Braxton secretly married Birdman last summer and just as quietly filed for divorce, only to call off the split earlier this year.

Braxton reportedly said “I do” to the rapper on Aug. 8, but filed divorce ...Read more